PRESIDENT OBAMA’S new budget is expected to include hundreds of millions of dollars for so-called precision medicine. The initiative, which he introduced last week in his State of the Union address, has bipartisan support and is a bright spot in...
Birdlike and in his 80s, the patient had come to the hospital complaining of a new cough. But it was not he whom my colleagues and I found most disquieting. It was his middle-aged daughter. With a practiced dexterity, she had managed to wheel her...
Chirlane McCray, the wife of Mayor Bill de Blasio, revealed on Wednesday that she had been surrounded by mental illness most of her life — first as a child of parents who had depression and later as a mother of a daughter who is recovering from...
“Prescription Drug Misuse Among Homeless Youth,” Harmony Rhoades, Hailey Winetrobe, and Eric Rice. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Vol. 138 (May 2014). What it’s about: Researchers asked 435 homeless youth, recruited from two Los...
It is now conventional wisdom that the brain is the seat of the mind; it is alone through the brain's workings that we think and feel and know. But what is a brain, anyway? My thoughts turned to this question reading a recent New York Times...
Ask Americans if someone in their family served in the military, and the answer is probably no. After all, fewer than 1 percent of Americans serve these days. But ask if one of their grandfathers served, and you'll likely get a different...
A recent blog post from my blog at speak4change.com A survivor now thriver, I write and share my journey to plant seeds for hope and healing. Hope you enjoy this blog post. We are stronger together. After...
Below are links to some publications that might be of interest. The first link is to two papers - a research review and an analytic synthesis - that argue for a public health approach to toxic stress and trauma; the second ...
"National Disgrace" is the headline in the Wednesday Star Tribune report on the federal government's failure to enforce child protection laws, and the many children dying of abuse and neglect in plain view of child protection...
This is the second post in a series about resilience . Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Tamir Rice. John Crawford III. Levar Jones. Their deaths — and those of too many others — illuminate the ghastly toll of racism and impunity. It’s a...
After a school-based prevention program, European teenagers were about half as likely to attempt suicide or to feel suicidal, a new study shows. Danuta Wasserman, a professor of psychiatry at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, said the program...
A doctor's thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy has found that children whose parents experience time pressure are more likely to have mental health problems. Mental health problems among children and adolescents are a growing health challenge in the Nordic...
Outside Harry Dewey Fundamental Elementary School in Fair Oaks, Amanda Christensen recalled the first time she saw the detailed report card for her three children. “At first it was very complicated,” Christensen said. “You see...
Given the climate on Capitol Hill, it’s rare to find a program with all of the elements that traditionally engender bipartisan support: a program that spurs economic development and creates jobs, attracts private capital, quickly delivers impact...
Think about the last time you left the house. Did strangers on the street acknowledge your presence with a smile or avert their glance? Chances are that the answer depended on your age, gender and, of course, your race. There is no shortage of...